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2022 MLB Handicapping
(14-8) San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (14-7)
Date: Tuesday, 5/3/2022
Time: 10:10 PM ET
Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Projected Pitchers: Carlos Rodon (SF) vs. Julio Urias (LAD)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Giants +120 / Dodgers -140
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: Giants +1.5 (-180) / Dodgers -1.5 (+150)
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 6.5
The Giants will visit the Dodgers to begin a short 2 game series Tuesday night in Los Angeles. We are getting a gem of a pitching match-up with Carlos Rodon going for the Giants and Julio Urias going for the Dodgers. Both teams have the day off Monday, so we should see fresh bullpens.
San Francisco Giants
The Giants come off losing a series to the Nationals including a 11-5 loss on Sunday. Alex Cobb only got through 0.2 innings giving up 4 hits and 5 runs, but only 1 of those runs was earned. The day off Monday is big for the Giants as they used 6 pitchers out of the bullpen during Sunday’s game.
Carlos Rodon will look to continue his strong season. He is 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA and has 38 strikeouts in 23 innings this season. Those are some great stats, and even more impressing when you see he basically does it using his fastball and slider. He throws his fastball 66% of the time and his slider 27% of the time, and then he will mix in a curveball 7% of the time. Opponents are hitting .130 vs the fastball and .200 vs his slider so far this season.
If you take a look at Rodon’s statcast page, their is a lot of red which is really good. He ranks in the 90th percentile or higher in expected ERA, expected BA, expected slugging, strikeout percent and chase rate. I think the key is he is already having a great season, and the expected numbers back up just how great he really has been.
The Giants as a team have been really bad this season vs lefties. Currently, they rank 27th in batting average which sits at .197 in 142 at-bats against them. It gets a little batter with on base percent where they currently rank 18th with a .303 OBP. Joc Pederson is showing to be a great late addition to this team hitting .353, leading the team with 6 HRs and has driven in 10 runs on top of scoring 11 runs. He has been phenomenal in the early season for this strong Giants team.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Julio Urias comes into this game with a 1-1 record and a 2.50 ERA in 4 games started this season. He is only averaging a little more than 4 innings per start, which isn’t where the Dodgers would like to see him getting taken out of games. His fastball has been an elite pitch for him this season, only allowing a .133 batting average and a .154 expected batting average. I think what puts his fastball at these great numbers is he ranks in the 97th percentile in fastball spin.
Urias’s statcast page doesn’t jump of the page like Rodon’s does, but he has been pretty good at limiting hard contact so far this season ranking in the 81st percentile in hard hit percent. Going off that, he ranks in the 88th percentile in expected batting average and in the 74th percentile in expected slugging.
The Dodgers come into this match-up ranking 17th in batting average vs lefties sitting at .224. Cody Bellinger is leading the Dodgers with 4 HRs, but he is only hitting .208 with 28 strikeouts, so I don’t know if he has figured out what has been plaguing him at the plate.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Under is 5-0 in Dodgers last 5 after scoring 5 runs or more in their previous game.
- Under is 4-0 in Urias’ last 4 Tuesday starts.
- Under is 5-0 in Urias’ last 5 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Dodgers are 6-0 in Urias’ last 6 starts during game 1 of a series.
- Giants are 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a left-handed starter.
- Giants are 21-5 in their last 26 games following an off day.
San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Prediction:
I will be laying the juice with Giants +.5 F5 at -140. Seems hard to pass up an opportunity to get Rodon at +.5 F5 with how great he has looked. Lock in this bet and win some cash!
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